Time-dependent brittle creep in darley dale sandstone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Heap, M J ^a   Baud, P ^b   Meredith, P G ^b   Bell, A F ^a   Main, I G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFINING PRESSURE; CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUID PRESSURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; SAMPLING; SANDSTONE; STRAIN RATE; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

DARLEY DALE; DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349678997     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006212     Document Type: Article

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